Los Angeles police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old gamer they say made a prank call that led a SWAT team to fatally shoot an innocent man over an online gaming dispute.
Tyler Barriss was detained by the LAPD hours after Andrew Finch, 28, of Wichita, Kansas, was shot dead by police.
Authorities suspect Barriss called 911 and concocted a story about a hostage crisis in a Wichita, Kansas home.
Barriss then allegedly gave 911 dispatchers Finch's address in Wichita.
Barriss is alleged to have been engaged in a practice known in the online gaming world as 'swatting' - or sending a SWAT team to the home of another person by claiming there was an emergency that warranted it.
Law enforcement sources told NBC News that Barriss became involved in a dispute with an online gamer.
As retaliation, he gave police what he believed to be the address of the individual with whom he had an argument. Instead, the address was that of Finch, who had nothing to do with the original dispu…

Police in Tehran hit back with tear gas at stone throwing students who took part in a third day of of nationwide protests against government.
At least 50 people have arrested since the protests began on Thursday in Mashhad, the country's second-largest city, in what has been the most serious challenge to the Islamic Republic since demonstrations following the disputed 2009 presidential election.
There was chaos around the University of Tehran on Saturday as several hundred people scuffled with police and shouted slogans against the regime for several hours, bringing traffic to a standstill.Source

Disgruntled former worker opens fire on Houston auto shop shooting dead two colleagues and then himself
A man walked into a Houston auto shop where he used to work and fatally shot two employees before going outside and killing himself, police said.
The man, whose name wasn't immediately released, entered Bemer Plus around 4 p.m. on Friday.
Officers received a call minutes later about 'a shooting in progress,' Executive Assistant Police Chief Troy Finner said in a news conference.
Multiple people, including customers and other employees, were at the shop when the shooting happened, Finner said.Source

Ex-employee shot and killed two at Christmas Party:
An attorney opened fire at a prominent law firm's holiday party in Southern California Friday afternoon, killing one and injuring another before turning the gun on himself.
The gunman, who hasn't yet been identified, shot dead Major A Langer, 75, at Bixby Knolls Law office in Long Beach around 2.25pm, according to the Press Telegram.
He also injured Ronald Beck, who runs day-to-day operations at the firm.
Beck is currently in serious but stable condition and was rushed to the hospital by his son after the shooting.
The shooting reportedly happened just after the gunman was fired from the law firm, and during the company's holiday party where employees could spin a wheel to win prizes.
Long Beach police responded to Bixby Knolls amid reports of an active shooter, but realized after it was actually a 'workplace violence incident'.Source

A FLORIDA man is accused of rigging the front door of a home in an attempt to electrocute his estranged pregnant wife.
In a Facebook post Friday, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley called the case one of the “most bizarre domestic violence cases” he’s seen.Officials said 32-year-old Michael Scott Wilson was arrested on Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee, and charged with attempted aggravated battery on a pregnant woman and grand theft of a firearm.
He’s being held on a $US150,000 bond and will be extradited to Florida.
It’s unclear if he has a lawyer. The woman’s father called deputies after Wilson made suspicious statements about keeping children away from the door.
Deputies found the front door barricaded, with burn marks.
When a deputy kicked the door, a large spark was observed.
Wilson had changed his Facebook relationship status to ‘widowed’ Source

MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say they arrested a hairstylist accused of snipping a 22-year-old customer’s ear.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says the victim told officers the hairstylist told him to stop fidgeting and moving his head before nicking his ear on Friday.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that DeSpain says the hairstylist then ran the clipper with the shortest attachment down the middle of the customer’s head, “leaving him looking a bit like Larry from the ‘Three Stooges.’”
DeSpain says officers arrested 46-year-old Khaled A. Shabani on suspicion of mayhem and disorderly conduct while armed. DeSpain says Shabani told officers it was an accident. Source

Makes Merry Christmas video then kills family....
The man thought to have killed his estranged wife and two children on Christmas is a well-known vegan chef, author and motivational speaker who suffered from depression but recently turned his life around.
Police said Tuesday that Anthony Milan Ross was arrested late Monday night after exchanging gunfire with officers following a six-hour standoff in a Phoenix, Arizona apartment complex, according to AZ Central.
The 45-year-old has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and more than a dozen counts of aggravated assault on an officer. He wasn't hurt in the police standoff.
Witnesses told police they saw him shoot his estranged wife Iris Ross as she tried to run away from him.
Then when they asked if she was fine, he said 'no' and pointed his gun at them before entering his apartment, where witnesses said they heard two or three more gunshots, according to police. Source

Four teens aged 13 to 15 are charged with murder after killing a young father by dropping a sandbag onto his car from an overpass

Four teenage boys have been charged with murder in an Ohio juvenile court in connection with the death of a man struck by a sandbag thrown from an interstate overpass.
Prosecutors filed the charges Tuesday in Toledo against the boys, ages 13 to 15, The Toledo Blade reported.
The teens initially were charged with the juvenile equivalent of felonious assault.
Marquise Byrd, 22, died Friday at a hospital.
The driver of the car, who has not been identified, suffered minor injuries.
The Warren, Michigan, father of a one-year-old boy was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car traveling south on Interstate 75 in Toledo when a sandbag smashed through the windshield on December 19. Source

More terrorist activity in Davao City:
(CNN) More than three dozen people were killed when a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the southern Philippines city of Davao, authorities said.
All 37 were call center agents working for Research Now Survey Sampling International (SSI), a business processing outsourcing company based in the mall, company and city officials said.
"This terrible tragedy has left us with heavy hearts," CEO Gary S. Laben said in a statement. "We offer our condolences and prayers to the families and loved ones of the victims." News of the deaths came a day after state-run media outlet Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported firefighters had recovered "one charred body" from the fourth floor of New City Commercial Center mall on Sunday. At the time, 36 additional people were missing and feared dead. Source

UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish Nativity c. 1400
And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people:For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth…

DAVAO CITY - Fire hit the NCCC Mall in Maa here Saturday morning, leaving several employees trapped inside.
The blaze started around 9:35 a.m. at the mall's furniture section on the third floor, the Davao City Police said in a statement.
There were personnel trapped at the SSI call center office on the mall's fourth floor, the statement read."The BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection) has the situation under control and we are still verifying the extent of the incident," NCCC Mall Corporate Communications Head Thea Padua said in a statement.
"There are no reported casualties as of the moment," Padua said. Relatives of the still undetermined number of workers trapped inside the mall started flocking outside the establishment waiting for news about their loved ones.
Davao resident Boboy Artiaga said his daughter Missy Rose who worked at the mall called early this morning to ask for help. Source

Twitter & Facebook have announced their crackdown policy on Anti-Muslim posts and tweets.

The real Twitter and Facebook agenda is to protect Muslims. Twitter and Facebook will lie so that Muslims can kill Westerners. Either that or those running Twitter and Facebook are too stupid and clueless to see the connection between the practice of Islam and the murder of Westerners.

So remember every time a Muslim plows into a group of westerns or some Muslim blows up Westerners or some Muslims slaughters Westerners it is the policy of Twitter and Facebook to make sure Muslims are not to blame.

Twitter crackdown on free speech policy:

Twitter today says it will begin to enforce new rules related to how it handles hateful conduct and abusive behavior taking place on its platform. The changes are a part of the company’s broader agenda to craft new policies focused on reducing the amount of abuse, hate speech, violence and harassment.
Specifically, Twitter explains that in addition to threa…

Another Godless Evangelical murders his family this time during Advent
He did not kill himself:
A Canadian father has been charged with murdering his wife and his two young daughters.
Jacob Daniel Forman, 34, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder after the three bodies were found inside the family's Kelowna home on Tuesday.
Police have not revealed how his wife, Clara, and two daughters, eight-year-old Karina and seven-year-old Yesenia, were killed, but court documents show the murders appear to have been committed on Sunday. Source

Federal authorities are investigating after a Pennsylvania man with ties to the Middle East opened fire on police officers in three different locations in the state's capital on Friday afternoon. Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico said it remains under investigation whether the shootings were acts of terror.
One officer was injured in the spate of shootings, but her injuries are considered non-life-threatening, police said.
Police identified the alleged shooter as Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty, 51, and Marsico said he recently returned from a trip to the Middle East.
The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are involved in the investigation.The first shooting took place at about 4:10 p.m. when El-Mofty allegedly opened fire on a Capitol Police officer in his cruiser, striking the vehicle several times, but missing the officer. The shooting took place just steps from the Pennsylvania state Capitol Building. About a half hour later, the same man i…

Multiple injuries and fatalities have been reported after an Amtrak train derailed on the maiden voyage of a new high-speed service linking Seattle and Portland.
Train 501 was going south when it derailed while crossing a bridge over Interstate 5 near DuPont, Washington around 7:40am Pacific Time, causing at least one car to fall onto the freeway below.
Law enforcement have not given an exact number of fatalities yet, but the Seattle Times reports that at least six are dead.
Amtrak confirmed its train was involved but did not provide further information.
'We are aware of an incident involving Amtrak train 501,' the rail operator said on Twitter. 'We will update with additional details as they become available.'
It was the first day of the new $181million high-speed Cascade service, which rerouted trains down 14 miles of updated track. The new bypass between Tacoma and DuPont is straighter, meaning that trains can go faster than they did on the windy old line. S…

Drinking late at night in a Beirut bar.....nothing can go wrong here.....

Devastated family of British embassy employee found dead in Beirut reveal heartbreaking loss
A UK woman working for the British Embassy in Beirut has been found dead.
Rebecca Dykes' body was found on Saturday close to the Metn expressway, in the Lebanese capital. Sources have confirmed to the Mirror that Lebanese authorities have now launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances of Ms Dykes' death.
It's claimed that Ms Dykes had been at a bar with friends and colleagues in the Gemmayzeh area of central Beirut. She reportedly left just after midnight, according to The Telegraph.
It is reported by Al Jadeed TV that Ms Dykes, who was in her 30s, had been raped and murdered some time after leaving her friends. The BBC added that senior police sources revealed that she had been strangled.
Her body was found several miles away from the bar.
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Surgeon battling depression and addiction killed his children, 5 and 9, 'so they wouldn't suffer like he had' - then turned the gun on himself before his wife found all three bodies
A surgeon shot dead his two children and then himself because he was suffering from depression and was afraid they would grow up suffering with the same mental health problems, according to the man's obituary.
Dr Christopher Dawson turned the gun on himself early Saturday morning after killing his daughter Aubrey, five, and son Luke, nine, at their home in North Richland Hills, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.
Their mother, Rachel Dawson, was unharmed in the shooting and found their dead bodies around 6.30am and immediately called the police.
All three are being memorialized today; the children had a joint service at 10am and the husband's at 2pm. Source

'Estranged husband shoots his wife dead and then turns gun on himself in apparent murder-suicide on college campus'
An apparent murder-suicide on a college campus a few miles outside of Pittsburgh has left at least two people dead, according to news reports on Wednesday.
A person armed with a gun fired as many as 15 rounds on the Penn State Beaver campus in Monaca, KDKA-TV reported on Wednesday.
The gunman was the estranged husband of a woman who works on campus, Pennsylvania state police said.
The woman was killed near her car. Her husband then turned the gun on himself. Investigators believe the husband persuaded his wife to walk outside with him to the parking lot.
It was there that the alleged murder-suicide took place, investigators say.Source

At the corners of Fucked and Up..... Shocking moment driver follows a woman off the interstate before tackling her and nearly running her over in a road rage dispute
The moment an out-of-control man tackled a woman and nearly ran over her in a road rage dispute has been caught on surveillance camera.
Police in Arnold, Missouri are seeking 50-year-old Scott F. Heatherly, whom they say is the suspect caught on camera, in connection with the assault Friday in a Walgreens parking lot.
A police spokesman told DailyMail.com late Wednesday that Heatherly had not yet surrendered to authorities as his family had previously said he would. 'We don't expect him to surrender this evening,' the spokesman said.
Heatherly has already been charged in abstentia with assault and two counts of property damage, and has been ordered held pending bail of $50,000 when he is taken into custody, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Source

Keaton Jones' estranged father is a white supremacist and a felon with 'Pure Breed' and 'White Pride' tattoos who posted 'Aryan race' memes on Facebook before going to prison
The estranged father of tween at the center of a Tennessee bullying scandal, has a history of sharing white supremacy propaganda on Facebook, it has been revealed.
Keaton Jones's father, Shawn White, has been in prison since May 2015 for a probation violation related to a 2012 aggravated assault conviction.
But before he was locked up, he shared a series of Facebook photos wearing an 'SS' sweatshirt and showing off his 'Pure Breed' and 'White Pride' tattoos.
The convict at Knox County Jail also has a neck tattoo of 'CWB', which is connected to the Crazy White Boy gang.
It's unclear what type of relationship White has with Keaton, who shares a last name with his mother. White last shared a photo of his son in 2015.
White's Facebook phot…

Gun range employee accidentally shoots and kills married father-of-three customer, 36, while cleaning a hunting rifle
A 36-year-old married father-of-three was killed on Tuesday after a gun range employee accidentally discharged a hunting rifle and shot him in in the head.
The deadly incident happened just after 9am when an unnamed male employee at the Hot Wells Shooting Range was cleaning the weapon in the small range building.
The rifle accidentally went off, sending a bullet through a wall and a window to the parking lot outside where Joshua Luke Cummings had just gotten out of his car.
Cummings was about 70 to 80 feet away.
The bullet struck Cummings in the head and he was rushed to a hospital in downtown Houston by a helicopter.
However, he didn't make it and was pronounced dead on arrival.Source

A Bangladeshi national in his 20s has been taken into custody with serious injuries after a suspected pipe bomb he was carrying malfunctioned and exploded prematurely inside a Midtown Manhattan subway station Monday morning.
The explosion happened around 7:20am, in an underground tunnel linking the Port Authority Bus Terminal to Times Square. The underground tunnel is a major thoroughfare for workers during the morning rush hour.
The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, was found injured at the scene and rushed to Bellevue Hospital. He was wearing what appears to be a homemade pipe bomb attacked to his body with velcro and zip ties.
Three other people were also hurt with minor injuries. They self reported to two area hospitals for injuries including ringing in the ears and headaches.
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNBC's Morning Joe that the suspect 'supposedly was setting the device off in the name of ISIS' and that it was 'definitely…

'Please don't kill me': Cop is cleared of murder after shooting dead a sobbing father, 26, as he crawled along a hotel corridor in shocking footage which his family insists shows a 'cold-blooded execution'

A former Arizona police officer was found not guilty of murder Thursday of in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room, as video of the shocking moment is finally released by officials.
Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, was found not guilty in the 2016 death of 26-year-old father-of-two Daniel Shaver, from Granbury, Texas.
The shooting, which Shaver's family has referred to as an 'execution,' occurred in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa when officers were responding to a call that someone was pointing a gun out a window at the La Quinta Hotel.
Police told Shaver to exit his hotel room, lay face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements - or he risked being shot.
New disturbing foot…

Saudis need cash......
376 rich Saudis have their bank accounts frozen
159 are in the Ritz-Carlton Prison
Saudi officials have disclosed that 159 business leaders, including members of the royal family, have been detained at a five-star hotel in Riyadh during a corruption purge, with most having agreed to surrender assets in return for their freedom.
The number, which is close to double that of initial estimates, was revealed a month after the announcement of a purge that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said was aimed at overturning decades of unchecked corruption in Saudi Arabia and placing the country on an investor-friendly footing.
The attorney general, Saud al-Mujib, said on Tuesday that 320 people had been subpoenaed and the bank accounts of 376 people had been frozen. Those who have agreed to terms with prosecutors – by signing over assets alleged to have been the product of corrupt practices – have been gradually freed.
Among those released were Miteb bin Abdullah al-Saud…

A doomsday-fearing Utah man in his 80s spent more than 30 years building a stockpile of guns, grenades and food in scattered bunkers and cabins he illegally built in the wilderness, a Utah sheriff's office said Friday.
'His only intent was to defend what he had there if the end of the world was to come,' Iron County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Del Schlosser said.
Schlosser said the man, fearing 'end times' or some kind of collapse of society or the government, slowly constructed four cabins and underground bunkers in the forest outside the ski town of Brian Head, hiking up materials in a piecemeal fashion. Source

Body of army vet, 37, and her beloved dog are found in a shallow grave three months after she went missing
The remains of an army veteran and her dog who went missing three months ago are believed to have been found in a shallow grave.
The body of Julia Jacobson and her dog Boogie were thought to have been discovered during a search of the Riverside County desert by 120 officers near Cactus City, about 20 miles east of Indio. Investigators are now using dental records to confirm the identity of the remains.
San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said it received information that led to the search but would not say where it came from.
Dalen Ware, the ex-husband of a 37-year-old who went missing on September 2, was arrested at his home in Phoenix, Arizona, and charged with her murder in October. Source